Sports are an escape. And sometimes that escape is a bald rapper from Miami, sweating through a soft linen shirt while breathing heavily, pumping his fist and, along with it, pumping up the hopes of the crowd.
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Is this the LeBron James of sports music? (Eva Rinaldi)
Monday - October 10, 2016 Mon - 10/10/16
rantnrave:// Do you ever want to throw things at your TV when basketball teams playing for one shot run the 24-second clock down to 6 or 7 seconds before starting a play, leaving themselves no room for the slightest misstep? I do. But here's the LA SPARKS' CHELSEA GRAY and ALANA BEARD making perfect use of the last four seconds of game 1 of the WNBA finals. Play of the weekend... Selling ads on NBA jerseys turns out to be a lot harder than it looks. Five months after the league OK'd sponsor patches on uniforms, only one team has made a deal. ESPN's DARREN ROVELL explains why... But getting the NBA to make its mobile app more user-friendly turns out to be incredibly easy. All you have to do is tweet about it. (Pro tip: It helps if you are LEBRON JAMES)... HARRISON BROWNE of the NWHL's BUFFALO BEAUTS is the first transgender athlete in AMERICAN team sports. "I'm still playing in the body that I did last year, I'm still the same exact person," he tells ESPNW. "I'm just a different name and different pronouns, that's it"... DONALD TRUMP and REINCE PRIEBUS complained over the summer that scheduling the first two presidential debates against NFL games would be a ratings-killer for the debates. Turns out they had it backward. NFL ratings are slipping this year and the league says the presidential campaign is one of the reasons. So could this be the second time Donald Trump destroys a football league?... Speaking of football and destruction, here's what it looks like when a league tries to destroy its own teams' social media accounts. Well done, NFL... Women should be allowed to wear a hijab in athletic competition. They also should be allowed to not wear one... RIP AARON PRYOR.
- Matty Karas, curator
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The Establishment
The Remarkable Privilege Of Running
by Emily McCoy Glover
Running is often touted for having a low barrier to entry. But is this true?
Deadspin
I Covered The Braves For A Newspaper That Didn't Exist
by Phil Braun
When my sportswriter friend asked me, back in September of 2000, if I wanted to join him at an Atlanta Braves game that he was working, my first thought was, “That sounds fun!”
The Guardian
Soccer insiders claim world game is ‘endemically corrupt’ in player transfers
by Jamie Jackson
In the first of a two-part series looking into alleged corruption in football, the Guardian has talked to agents, lawyers and academics close to the biggest deals.
The Undefeated
Haitian athletes help their island home
by Sunni Khalid
The island’s American-born descendants are taking over professional sports and helping their country of origin — especially during Hurricane Matthew.
Rolling Stone
Why Skateboard Legend Brian Anderson Was Afraid to Come Out
by Eric Hendrikx
"I was pretty unhappy inside, but skateboarding always made me happy," he tells "Rolling Stone."
ESPN.com
Is Pitbull the LeBron James of arena music?
by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
If you watch sports, you can't escape Pitbull. There he was during last season's NBA playoffs, his "Bad Man" carrying viewers to nearly every TNT commercial break. All June long, Pitbull occupied the Copa América after recording the official song of the tournament, "Superstar," this coming after he recorded "We Are One," the official song of the 2014 World Cup.
Only A Game
The Cappuccino Machine That May Have Cost The Panthers Super Bowl XXXVIII
by Bill Littlefield
In 2003, Jordan Gross was a rookie offensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers. A veteran teammate asked him to buy a cappuccino machine. Jordan refused. Drama ensued. Now, 13 years later, Bill Littlefield tells the story of The Curse of the Cappuccino Machine -- and gives Jordan a chance to apologize for his mistake.
espnW
NWHL player Harrison Browne comes out as a transgender man
by Michele Steele
Harrison Browne, an NWHL forward for Buffalo, is the first openly transgender player in American professional team sports.
Fusion
Can yoga help bridge our great immigration divide?
These people have a very specific intention for their yoga practice: Bringing light to the U.S.'s unjust immigration policies.
WSJ
The NFL Kicker's Post-Traumatic Miss Disorder
by Michael Salfino
Minnesota Vikings’ Blair Walsh has not been the same since a crucial miss in the playoffs, but this type of hangover commonly afflicts kickers who missed in the clutch.
instant replay
The Guardian
The Lewis Hamilton enigma is quite why he thinks he’s a mysterious riddle
by Barry Glendenning
He is a handsome multimillionaire who is very good at racing F1 cars but his petulance and the fact his winning smile is increasingly lesser-spotted make him difficult to admire.
The New York Times
W.N.B.A. Stars Try to Move Up to Fashion’s Front Row
by Alex Williams
Why hasn’t a female LeBron James - a star of the fashion tents as well as the hardwood - emerged from the W.N.B.A.?
Boston Herald
What can a manager do to spark a baseball team?
by Evan Drellich
Is it realistic to think a manager can kick-start a team on the brink of elimination? That idea seems born out of a football trope that’s probably too often carried into baseball.
WSJ
When Trevor Bauer’s Not Pitching, He’s Building Drones
by Max Cohen
The Cleveland Indians are leaning on Bauer this October. To deal with the pressure, Bauer leans on his favorite hobby: mechanical engineering.
ESPN Cricinfo
The unmaking of Jonathan Trott
by Jon Hotten
The former England No. 3's autobiography is a compelling, raw account of a modern sportsman's life.
MMQB
Inside the NFL Numbers Game with Cynthia Frelund
by Kalyn Kahler and Cynthia Frelund
She’s on a crusade to bring analytics to the average football fan.
NBA.com
NBA Open Court: Communication Inside the Organization
by Matt Weiner, Tom Thibodeau, Dwane Casey...
The guys chat about the communication that takes place inside an NBA organization.
Wired UK
Inside adidas' Future Lab
Adidas is designing tomorrow's soccer shoe in its secret lab.
The New York Times
Sporting: The Magic of That Wiffle Ball Sound
by Will Leitch
Control what you can, and don’t sweat the rest.
ESPN.com
The Annual NBA League Pass Rankings, Part 2
by Zach Lowe
Check out Zach Lowe's comprehensive guide to most watchable (and least watchable) NBA teams, ranked from 1 to 30.
MUSIC OF THE DAY
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"Bad Man"
Pitbull ft. Robin Thicke, Joe Perry, Travis Barker
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